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BRIEF SNAKE STORIES.

Z . e. I Pei.
] !. Paddy Williams Of Chester, Ga, drank q
qrarb of whisky and saved his life after being
Ebittenby copperhead. -..
35tF A blacksuake five and u half feet long was
found in bed with the three children OF
I Joseph Thompson, at Roscon,mon, Mich.
When a large spotted snake was killed by
Joseph Mui,cie, of st. Clair township, Ills.
and opeind, swo live toads hoped from its
stenlacb.14- ~, ! ,sEIs.-t,. 81 49, - +.
zl..sssA eopperhead snake bit David Smith, of
-, Sun. Nc. upon the hand and the arm
swallaf to tha size Of mans thigh, but
prompt remedies saved his life '''~7~
<' A rattleS,ake recently killed by r. G. Al
ford near Lawrence, Kan, had a full grown
fox squirrel in it's stomach. The snake was
4 four feet long and nine inches in circumfer-
fence.
Z 1t Is reported that Calera, Ala, negro let
. rnttlesnake bite him for present of half q
dollar, and that u clay poultice on the wound
aud heavy dose OF whisky with plug tobacco
~: it saved bis life.
81 a battle between rabbit and q blacksnake
/; 'ftss Witnessed by the keeper Of Sprirgdale
c:an,etery, near Peoria, Ills, who says: "The
q abblt had nest near by, aud in it were its
tlIYo young. The serpent was several feet
ffotN the rest, and as it tried to approach the
~ pfould jump fiercely on the snake, bit
#s.S near the head and then jump back be-
As., the snake could get it in its coil When
y W. snake showed a disposition to remain
y led the rabbit would then make feint and
p. ,sit 10 strike, and then quick as Lightning
5ould jump on the snakes body The rabbit
staa apparently lost all fear of the presence Of
Tani rs the witness of the strange combat
aroott Within a Tow feet Of it, After u few
lntas the snake, badly worsted, made up
'{e59 liud to get away and found safety in a
sf<~& b pile, into which the rabbit could not
, ,,srte, although it made efforts to do so. ii
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An Old Bachelors Love.

Now, because you are young and romantic,
You wonder l have not wife,
And You hint ct an episode frantic, "
chapter of love in my life.
/ have f1oated far down on times river,
And yet confess not dart
Little Cupid let fly from his quiver
Has hit my phlegmatic old heart.
You ipcredulous being to doubt it!
Well, have it your way if you will
You are right. Ask me no more about it.
Enough, that loved-love her still.
No, she is not q beautiful creature,
But she has beautiful soul,
And its grace, shining out in each feature,
Transforms and illunlines the whole
why not marry her them It is clearly
Sheer folly such feeling to smother
I shall love her forever sincerely,
But, man, can marry--my mother?
Judge.
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They tell Q good story at the Press clu,
abont one Of the nautical reporters of ne
Herald. Some three years ago there was a
! young Journalist employed III the aapacity at
a salary Of sl5a week q cclision had oc-
I cnrred between twosteaner and some lives
had been lost. The youH reporter wrote a
forid description, III wlich be used the words,
speaking tas the snoments when the vessel col
lided, athe. seene that followed battles descrip-
tion." Young Bennett was at home and went
for him. ~. IL i. .&
*. "Why did you not describe the sceIle that
followed, instead Of saying that it baffled de-
sFcription" Numbered TIE great man.
why, it did battle description"
aWhat do you m, an, sir!"
''fhat it bathed the description OF any SIS
a week reporter" -
Bennett raised his salary,-New York
Truth. 49,.
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LITTLE LAUGHS.

Z The plumber IS out Of season, aud every
body Is glad Of it. Merchant Traveller.
The punsters have forgotten to say that thl
oldest woman on record Is Aunty Diluvian.- =
Merchant Traveller. .ss
It is whispered ina New York paper thai
certain ladies Of that city are very fond Of
playing poker It's an iron poker, Of course
and their husbands are the ones who get
beaten in the game. Charleston Enterprise
Smith 4 bear Mrs. B. has returned from
tie country. Brownies, "the melancholy
dds have come, the saddest of the year. p
5cston Budget J2s.t1 t..s. :. ,%,s. &. :. !,
It is a singular thing that a man never be.
giis to show his temper until be loses it
Boson Courier. sar -. y. @qs
@1es, TIM tired Of life rve about made up
my mind to commit suicide.n "Good scheme,
all fellow; have another ,cigarette. Wash
ington Critic
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Down on Nav.

boy was shouting "F're!' in lusty man.
ner in front of house Oh Fourth avenue the
other day when a pedestrian hurried up and
| asked where the fire was.
"Hain't any" "Then what are you yelling
fora"
ITO git NAV to tho door. She's just got
her hair done up in curl papers, and when
she sticks her head out and shows it to the
neighbors she'll be mad 'nutf to cry"-De-
troit Free Press.
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sl
~ - Il d Il ysass 4 "a, 4 4
33 pounds.
s sliosy that 958 woinen own
H Of thu number only
III 81 nlortg
sSsS ss sSz ssrl Hi breach 0l promise M1it
s,p Ss,ri si,ifl read ss45 letters Brittsn "a
S h 81. tils sslt Rock Valley, ArizL,
"a s5s hot at iss had tue bullet mounted
~ wassrs i rs q breast pin. /.
: : gsQ u siita Clio ss,ier, ia school teacher at
rs, ,iba county, California, at
a1seide BY taking chloroform on the
syS orng man who killed himself q
,ase, osca,ise she refused to marry him.
& kitty Nenr,ann, q young society belle
xS s soarpli lishett musician OF Racine, Wis,
Us :ts sifhs llmaukee, ra,, away from home re-
as aila haA just been married to one
naes Grief of g lhtle band Of .Kickapoos
ssss II, ,anlad Y t1towanr,. y VII # Il
4 There ara ilaw she mission field 400 un.
siafrisd equal
ssriy days on
es.t eas sl5t & lady could en-
esiai,ks Of q, 4 ,1tsion ssork except as the
sssof missionary s355 ~ 81
!&.asfiftsen years ago Miss Sarah Clark, OF
Fsst smith, Ark, boughta handsome tomb
tcna and had it thus inscribed e Iii memory
sof.Aiss Sarah Clark, born JAM 25, 1907.
sfIerea blank space was left OH which "a cut
\ y@he date 81 lier deat,.l World farewell; +
i ninst return TO dust till Jesus, In whom
as hase beliayei from youth TO old age, bids me
Il rise md live witlis him in q world without
8 8 end, Blessed are the dead who die in the
& Lord. - The tonlbstor,e lay in her dooryard,
# covered w til boarsis, until the other day, when
Aunt Sarah died ii the house where she had
lived for thirty seven years, aud now it lias
tsi hee,i set ap over her grave in Oak Grove
II Cemetery which was donated to her by the
4 4 6 city years ago. md Is still known as "Aunt
Sarah C.afk's graveyard = Il. .A..'' :.
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The Example of Washington,

'Remenber the example of George WASH
| ington, my boy" said the careful father.
"Who was George Washington, papa7"
queried the hopeful
'sWhy, he was the man who couldn't tell q
lie, of course"
"What was the matter with hiln-couldn't
he talk"
There was much anxiety in the parental
mind as to the youngsters future. York
Merclury
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y a .,.iish for foundry patterns and ma
chinery, which dries as soon as 1t is put on
and gives tho patterns o smooth surface, thus
inspring an easy slip out Of the mold aud
which prevents thenl ffu.a Wdfrping, Shrink
ing. and swelling, Is made as follows: Thirty
parts shellac, ten parts MANILA copal and ten
parts Zanzibar 'copal are placed In vessel
which is heated externally by steam and
stirred during four to six hours, after which
$50 parts Of alcohol are added ard the whole
heated to 81 dsgs. c. for four hours.
z The way in which glass may best be cut
with scissors Ia told In The Pottery Gazette,
London: Glass may be cut under water
with great ease, to almost any shape, with a
pair Of shears or strong scissors Two things
are necessary for success. First, the glass
must be kept quite level iii the water while
the scissors are applied, and, secondly, to
avoid rial, Il Is better to perform the cutting
by taking Of small pieces at the corners and
along the edges, and to reduce the shape
gradually to that required. The softer glasses
cut the best, and the scissors need not be very
sharp.n i# s] e.. z%
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Omaha Editor-Anything startling todayl
News Editor-No, not a single railroad
catastrophe since yesterday.
"HrInph!"
Eyes, things are dull now. You see it's
between Seasons
"Between seasonsT
"Yes. the summer excursion season is about
over end the car stove season hasn't opened
yet."--Omaha World.
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Tho highest SILVER depos1U Ill the worId is OF
King Solomon's mountain, in Colorado
a, 900 feet above the Pacific Ocean.
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= s .iNHUMANiTY,

g, Lyonsdale, N. Y, threw
at,iantl dog into the stream
quite high, and tho animal
hh dam. Instead of going
eddy carried him into the
o dam, from which he was
eS"ape until tho water re-
e'l there twenty-one days
SLen he came out his hair
,ed white.
.ers Of Grangeville, I. T.,
~ yet,,,e s,., -Aprisel by the appearance of
Big AA'afy, All Indian squaw, who in the
Wuit.,iR Rfed dght, ten years ago, bore a,,
a:tiEs port. She was very tliligent III cutting
G'4a lhsoats of wounded soldiers who fell in
tlint action. Che accompanied the hostiles ali
thiough the war, and was sent to Indian
isiritory with the other Indians, but finally
returned with Joseph's band to the Colville
ret syvation. r.
AfliFadful story is told of a Chilian OF Los
Andes. He had a grudge against neighbor,
and when smallpox recently appeared in the
province lie obtained number OF dry pustules
and put them inside plug Of tobacco, which
he placed where the people he hated were
likely ITO see 1t. The neighbors found it,
made cigarettes from it and smoked them.
A few days afterward smallpox broke out in
tho house, and with such virulence that no
one of the family escaped. Tho fend was
attacked with the disease few days after
wnr.is and died after COME sing his crime. n
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Wasn't Satisfied,

"What's the nationality Of thenls" said a
tall woman with determined eye as she
pointed her parasol at tho elephants in the
circus which recently exhibited at Sioux
Falls. y
african, num-" replied the man in at
tendance 's 4 - ..H'.5
lawful light colored for coming from
Africa, seems to me-" continued the deter
mined eyed woman. "And see here, you
just tell the owners Of this show that say
think they've got mighty poor lot of camels
all of 'ena single bumped except one. When
pay fifty cents cash for myself and SITS
for the children to get in want to see more
double bumpers and less hair rubbed off of
'em round In spots! You just tell 'em what
say!"-Dakota Bell
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Tho Spirit of the Are.

? Omaha Man-This country is all right just
as It is Omaha folks have nothing to com
plain Of
Detroit Man-Oh, well, Omaha is very
primitive, you must remember. In places
like Detroit, where people keep up with the
age, we find that the laws which did well
enough in the old days are all wrong now.
We need new ones.
"Can't imagine what"
swell, for one thing, we want the churches
10 charge fifty cents admission on Sundays. y
"Ehl Why:"
~rheir free blowouts interfere too much
with the ball games. ."-Omaha World.
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Two WOoers
Bogus Music.

Miss Gurgler--Hark Oh, Mr.. Pilgrif, I'm
sure hear a. cuckoo Do listen. How sweet
and melancholy, and just as the evening
shades are falling: too. dote on nature.
Farmer Pilgrif (who is laying pipe to keen
her boarding with him way into Octoberj
The woods is full Of IN daown behind tn,
red barn. I'll le5ch you some afore you 20
home in tn fall TO himself.) Jed didn't
fergit to lie that Gle grin'stone for nothing;
She squeaEs good ter night. t.-Exchange
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'oston Courier,
Kansas CITY Teaching.

*From using the scissors.
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Approach of Autumn.

The Autumn days are drawing near,
The dying glories Of the year,
When time unveils the ripened sheaves
And sunset dyes adorn the leaves.
A clearer blue now paints the skies,
AS through the trees the wind sprite sighs.
While farther southwark swings the sun,
And GOALS dollar more ton.
Boston Bldgec
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ORDER FOX HEARING AND NOTICE; OFF Ap-
Il, TON Wy APPOINTMENT nF ar-
MINISTKATOR
Stale of Minnesota
County Of Morrison. IS In Probate Court.
! In the Matter of the Estate Of William j. Par.
SONS, deceased:
On reading and filing the petition Of ashley c.
Morrill, Of Little Elk city, in said county rcprc.
scnting, among other thiugs that he is q crc,;i
! tor of William j. Parsons, late of Ramsey county
state of Minnesota, that about the LIST day o
january, 4. D. 1872. ut st. Paul, MIMI said Par
SONS lied intestate and being a resident al
Ramsey county at the time of his death leaving
| goods. chattc|s and estate within this county,
and that the said petitioner is n creditor Of said
| decreased. and praying that administration o!
| said estate bc to .. A. Churchill granted:
IT IS ORDERED, that said petition be heard
before the judge OF this court on Saturday the
| 18th day of September, A. y. 1887, at o'clock p
| in said county.
ORDERED FURTHER. that notice thereof be
given to the heirs Of said deceased, and to all
persons interested, by publishing q copy of this
order for three successive weeks prior to said day
OF hearing, in the Little Falls Transcript 4
weekly newspaper printed and Published at LIT.
tic Falls in said county
Dated at Little Falls the 10th day of August
4. u. 1887.
BY the Court
n RICHARDSON,
Judge Of Probate
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The Only Way Now.

Omaha ManOf all persons! When did
you cross the Atlantic, Georges
English Lord-Hush Harry, don't speak so
loud Call me Blinks.
"BlinEs, eh2 Say, George, what means
this masquerading?'
''The fact is, Harry, Pm in love with an
American girl and am trying to pass myself
off for respectable citizen. Omaha World.
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Pa and the Children,

A small boy, Tommy Peterby, who is one
Of a family of ten, was ia en- out in the fam
lily carriage with his mother. As they drove
past small cottage of three rooms Mrs. Pc
terby remarked how pretty it looked.
'Yes, it looks very NICE" said Tommy,
''and it wouldn't be a bit too big for our fam
lily if it wasn't for pa and the children."-
Harpers Magazine
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Words That Change Meaning

Bagley-lti is passing strange how so many
words get twisted from their original mean
ing For Instance "let' used to mean chill
der"
Mrs. Bagley-I have better example
''Collect" used to mean "to gather"
Bagley eurprised)-That's what it means
now.
Mrs. Bagley (poatively)-No, it doesn't
Ask the garbage Philadelphia
Call.
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Simple Enough.

Omaha Groom-Well, my dear, the we'd
ding tour Is finished and here we are in our
new home
'Bride-But, George, the servant girl who
was to be here has not arrived.
,, II see. It's too late to hunt up another to-
day. l suppose you can get supper, can't
your
"Of course. Go out and buy some steak,
not too rare, with mushrooms and French
potatoes and iced cake and hot waffles, and
IN set the table while you're gone. ."-Omaha
World
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No Regard for z, Her :. rselinr,1,, ),

Z, An Austin family has . colored servant
that, while very attentive to'her duties, has
never been known to give anybody civil
answer. Purely as an experiment the lady
Of the house bought her q new calico dress,
and gave IL to her, saying:
II am glad to have the pleasure, Matildy,
Of giving you this dress. y .5ss. s ,sl#..
Yer niout hab had dat pleasure long ago,
ef yer had any regard fo' my. feelings wa
the gracious reply Harper's Magazine
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n. RICHARDSON
Judge Of l'rrblte
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The Queen of Ennland

1t is reported That when Queen Victoria
travels she is provided with a satin time
table, printed i'll gilt Tho next we hear will
probably be that she requires the eating
house sandwiches to be newly vanished
stamped with the coat-of- arms and fastened
together with a little gold hinge Washing
ton Critic
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A Brilliant Idea.

Haven't you missed the theatres this sum-
mer2" said one baldheaded man to another.
II know you are a great admirer of the
ballet"
eyes, did miss them until a happy thought
struck me-"
"What was that"
II went down to the seashore and took in
the bathing beaches w Washington Critic.
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NOTES FROM THE RAIL

Texas Pacific trains last yearran over 8, ,O!5
head Of animals ct 8 cost Of $40, GOO. sS.. $s
The Chinese are building railroad from
the mouth Of the Pei 10 river to the interior
French capital to the amount Of S4,50O 600 .is
I being used. At present China has but seven
miles Of railroad actually in operation.
Oh, tho ringing and the clinging Of the rail-
| road engine helH What q world OF enter
prise its melody toretells. On the dusky air
OF night its whistle laughed outright, for the
better times a coming here to dwell, dwell,
dwell. Granbury Tex.) News. =,
| The Pennsylvania Railroad company has
| finally concluded that it cannot keep hotels.
| Most Of them run by the company have been
sold. The restaurant in the Broad street
station at Philadelphia has shown a loss as
high as 5000 in month - -:
Some new Boston and ALBANY drawing
room cars have in the center compartment
about two-thirds the width of the car for
bridal or private parties of any kind There
| is a Partition about three feet high and
further separated from the passengers by q
blue and gold silk curtain.
Among the new car wheels is q "steel tired
wheel with independent paper cored center,
| cast steel clutch jaw, hub and absolutely safe
! tire lock connections" Tue cast steel tire is
secured to the metal rim of the paper cored
center by shrinkage and double tongue and
groove connection.
Tho Boston and Providence railroad has
| settled about two-thirds Of the ECO claims for
damages resulting from the Bussey bridge
disaster. A single lawy.'r has in hand claims
| aggregating s4S0,000, yo largest being
for 0,000 each. A J bridge is to be
built at the i'll fated spot
Tho highest SILVER deposlU Ill the world Is on
King Solomons mountain, in Colorado,
"a 900 feet above the Pacific Ocean.
The largest nugget of silver yet obtained
was dug up i'll Arizona, and weighed 1920
ounces, valued at the same number of dollars.
The silver mines of Mexico were wrought
| long before Cortez revealed them to the eyes
Of Europe i'll 1873 Their product per year
at the present time is estimated at $32, 100000
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Two of 4 Kind.

Papa-Why so pensive, my daughters
Eloise-Jack Burlington has just returned
all my notes, and everything between us is
ended.
Papa-Quite coincidence, my dear. One
OF his was returned to me this morning-pro-
tested.-Tid Bits.
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Not a. Bad n RAnortad.

Little Girl hear that your pa boxed both
Of your ears yesterday on the street. Idttls
Boy-Boxed my ears! Now that goes to show
how you can only believe one-half what you
can hear. He only boxed one of my ears.
lodged the second lick. It wasn't on the
street; 1t was ON our stoop."-Tsxas Siftings.
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Stick to the Wood. j..

A man has just been poisoned by eating g
nutmeg fpeople will only confine them
selves to the fresh ones Of modern make, mad.
of basswood, there is no danger, but so lone
as they will monkey with the old fashioned
stale varieties made by nature, they must ef
pect to suffer the equence.-Dansvill,
Breeze.
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LIGHT AND AIRY.
No Rest for the Wicked,

NO REST IOr the Wicked
What joy from the city to hasten away,
With all its deccptons and shans;
And spend ct Nantasket the bright summer day,
'Mong the rocks where he white waves are dash
ing their spray,
Or down TN the sands, where the little ones play
And dig for the quohauges and clans.
Alas, for the longing! 'Tis longing in vain,
For all through the bright summer day,
Though the fingers are aching% and weary the
brain,
And the sweat from the forehead is pouring like
rain,
The devil bowls, Copy! !" snd-well it is plain
That an editor can't get away.
from using the scissors.
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some Candid ,yaaxment.

Briggs Tompkins has bstn talking about
you. 45s & Z
He hast The idotdc old liar what did
he sayfn ts3sssl Il .s Il
why, he said you were tie best looking
man on the block n " IS
q s.lV lVh-- Oh, I see, Well. you know Mr.
! sTomp ktns Waa alws ~ conceded TO have 1
great dsal OF hste. |. y3udgs.
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ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTlCE OF Ar
pLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF Al
MJNlsTRATOR.
State of Ntnues0t''
County Of Morrison
In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of William Butler.
deceased
On reading and filing the petition OF William
A. Ruticr and Mary T. Butler of said county aud
state, representing, among other things that
William Butler, late OF Little Fails, Minnesota
on the 2:th day of August. a, D., 1897, st Little
Falls, in said county and state died ilatestate,
aid being resident of this county st the time
et his death. leaving goods chuttcls and estate
Wuhln this county, md that tn, said fners
Mary K. Hntlcr is the widow. and the said vii.
liam A. Entlcr is the son Of said ,lccrY,Sed and
pravin% that admin ration Of said estate s: to
William \. Butler and Mary f. E,,tlrr GRANTED:
IT IS ORDERED. that sail pctitIul l,- hcar,!
before the Judge of said Court, on Fri,.ny- the
7th day OF October. \. ID 1881 ut O'clock A
NJ. at the court House III t It,, gc of l'rohet.,
office therein in said county
ORDERED FURTHER, that notice thereof b..
given to the heirs said dcrcnrtd am, I, all
persons intcre 1cd by publishing Il copy II this
! order f)r hler successive weeks prior l, said
day ot hearing, i'll the Little Falls 'rran>cript. :.
weekly newspaper p,iIt.d and rublishs at
Little Falls III said County
Dated at Little fnlls. Minnesota, the 5,b ,sv
of September, A. D., 1857
l;y tho Court,
n. RICHARDSON,
Judge OF Proiu1e.
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Old Lady-Conductor, I hope there AIM
going to be Q collision.
Conductor-I guess not.
Old Lady, want You to be very keerful
I've got two dozen eggs in this basket
Texas Siftjnes
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A Passing Cloud.

Omaha Wife tnadly, desperately, 4sro-
ciously)-John, I found this hair on your coat
collar. ..s...
Husband-I rode home in crowded street
car. -.
/ aOh!"--Omaha World
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4 Shortage Accounted For,

T. Good Minister--It is rather odd that the
collections are exactly 81 less than they used
to be. ...., -
Minister'S Wife-Nothing odd about it,
"Wc have not lost any Of our congrega
tion."
"No, but I suppose that you remember that
Mr.. Pious never used to give less than 9
dollar" ~ .~
"Of course" 4 isS-.
& "Well, Mr.. Pious has been elected deacon
and he passes the plate now."-Omaha
World %s: 9 49,
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The Amateur PhotoRraulter

asked my lady for kiss
When we we're walking out.
She answered me, the cautious miss,
You may take one, if you are sure
There IRE no odious amateur
Photographers about
New York yVoo6Ir
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A Natural Inquiry,

"Who'll we put up for congress this year!''
asked one local statesman of another.
General Dashem. He's bound to be
elected"
| "Can he command votesN'
sYou bet he can; more than any other man
in this distrct.n " ''s ~
+. "How much is he eworthr'-Merchant Tray
alar -%.-